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Constituency

138. Dum Dum

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-DUM-DUM

CPM 61.2%won by 22.9%INC 38.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.5% to 22.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,21,285
Margin
27,776
22.90%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−10.6%
CPM share
66.2% 61.2%
INC share
32.6% 38.3%
Turnout